title: Evidence-based emergency medicine/rational clinical examination abstract: The use of paracentesis in the assessment of the patient with ascites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R Gentry
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinert